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What Israeli Prime Minister was shot in 1995 by an ultra-conservative Zionist who thought he was too accommodating to the Palestinians?

Yitzhak Rabin. Yigal Amir, who committed the crime, said that he'd acted on God's orders, and had no regrets.

Gavrilo Princip, who triggered the First World War by assassinating the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was a member of what Serbian radical group?

The Black Hand. Black September was a Palestinian group, the Shining Path are Peruvian, and the Baader-Meinhof Gang was German.

What assassinated head of state was the son of a previous head of state who had also been assassinated?

Rajiv Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi's mother, Indira Gandhi had been India's Prime Minister, as had his grandfather, Jawarharlal Nehru.

Which European head of government was kidnapped and murdered by the Red Brigades, in 1978?

Aldo Moro. Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was a close friend of then Pope Paul VI, who personally presided at Moro's funeral mass.

Which of the following Romans did NOT conspire to murder Julius Caesar?

Mark Antony. Opinions vary as to Brutus' motives in betraying and killing Julius Caesar. Shakespeare painted Brutus in a very positive light, while Dante's "Inferno" shows Brutus in the deepest part of Hell.

What English Catholic attempted to blow up Parliament in the notorious Gunpowder Plot?

Guy Fawkes. At the time, Guy Fawkes was reviled as a murderous terrorist. Today, however, Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated in England with fireworks and bonfires. (A wiseacre once quipped that Guy Fawkes is the only man who ever entered Parliament with honorable intentions!)

Why was Reverend Martin Luther King in Memphis, on the day that he was shot by James Earl Ray?

He was supporting a sanitation workers' strike.. Even after his conviction for the murder of Dr. King, James Earl Ray insisted that he was innocent, and even managed to persuade Dr. King's son, Dexter, who continues to call for a new investigation.

What saint was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, at the request of England's King Henry II?

St. Thomas a Becket. In Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," the pilgrims are travelling to see the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

Which Russian monarch was killed by a terrorist bomber, during a parade?

Alexander II. Alexander II was regarded as the most liberal and progressive of Russia's tsars, but was not sufficiently liberal to suit Russia's radicals. His son, Alexander III, reacted to his father's murder by creating a far more repressive regime.

What gangster's top lieutenants were rubbed out by Al Capone's gang during the famed St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

Bugs Moran. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre marked the end of an era, as Irish gangsters, like Bugsy Moran, lost control over most major criminal rackets to Italian and Italian-American gangsters, led by Al Capone.